Everstack vs Zipbox

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Everstack
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Zipbox: $0.00685
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Everstack:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Everstack: Free
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Everstack:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Zipbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.133 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $5.

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